YUCa’s Table : vol.133

Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup with clums and onion
– Japanese rice mixed with fried tofu and vegetables
– Teriyaki horse mackerel
– Spinach with sesame sauce
– Homemade pickles
– Green tea

Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup with clums and onion
– Japanese rice mixed with fried tofu and vegetables
– Teriyaki horse mackerel
– Spinach with sesame sauce
– Homemade pickles
– Green tea

Dinner menu:
– Miso soup with tofu and funori seaweed
– Japanese rice
– Grilled white fish with vegetables
– Boiled tofu topped with seaweed
– Sauteed meat in green pepper
– Barley tea

Zundamochi (ずんだ餅) is a typical Japanese confectionery of Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures. It is a dumpling made by mashing boiled edamame (soybeans) and topping it with edamame-an (sweet red bean paste) with sugar. The balance between the sweetness of the edamame-an and the dumplings mixed with tofu makes it an addictive dish.
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Lunch menu:
– Miso soup with tofu, fried tofu and wakame seaweed
– Donburi with okura, taro, natto and egg
– Dessert with almond pudding and mango

Dinner menu:
– Miso soup with spring onion, tofu and seaweed
– Japanese rice
– Oden (Steamed fish paste, Fried tofu with mochi inside)
– Pumpkin salad
– Tofu salad
– Grapes

Dengaku (田楽) is a grilled dish of skewered tofu or konnyaku with miso paste. It is also called “dengaku-yaki” or “miso dengaku” and is one of the dishes that have been eaten in various parts of Japan since ancient times. The name “Dengaku” is said to have originated from the Heian period (794-1185) custom of praying for a good harvest in farming villages called “Dengaku-mai”.
In this “Dengaku-mai” dance, the dancers wear white hakama and jump on a single stick. The name “dengaku-mai” comes from the resemblance of the tofu skewered on a stick in this costume.
“Dengaku-mai” declined during the Muromachi period (1333-1573), and is now performed as a folk art at shrines in some areas.
Originally, dengaku was a dish of tofu with miso paste, but gradually variations have been added, such as using vegetables or river fish as ingredients.